Word: crawls
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
A very slow pace. Example: My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.
A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. Example: Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.
To move forward slowly, with frequent stops. Example: The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.
To act in a servile manner. Example: Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
(with "with") See crawl with.
To feel a swarming sensation. Example: The horrible sight made my skin crawl.
To swim using the crawl stroke. Example: I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres.
To move over an area on hands and knees. Example: The baby crawled the entire second floor.
To visit while becoming inebriated. Example: They crawled the downtown bars.
To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching. Example: Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl web sites faster and more efficiently.
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
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